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Annotated Links: Fair Use

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Copyright and Fair Use Publications. Center for Social Media [Website]. Washington, (DC): School of Communication American University, November 2005- [cited 19 March 2007]. Available from the Internet: LINK

This is the publication archive of the website. Extensive material including video explaining the concerns of documentary film makers. Of particular interest is the effect that pervasive copyright enforcement has on freedom of speech and the public's right to know. While fair use doctrines specifically mention reporting, social comment, and criticism, documentary film makers have felt stifled by the threats of copyright infringement lawsuits.

Fair Use Checklist. PBS.org [Article]. December 0, 2009 [cited 22 October 2015]. Available from the Internet: LINK

Fair Use Checklist for use with projects.

Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use. Center for Social Media [Website]. Washington, (DC): School of Communication American University, November 2005- [cited 19 March 2007]. Available from Internet: LINK

Best practices document. Fair use depends on the consensus of opinion in the user community. Courts take into consideration best practices documents should a copyright holder sue. Driven by professional media.

Heins, Marjorie and Beckles, Tricia. Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control. Free Expression Policy Project [Website]. New York City (NY): Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, December 2005- [cited 19 March 2007]. Available from Internet: LINK

From the site: "Are increasingly heavy assertions of control by copyright and trademark owners smothering fair use and free expression? The product of more than a year of research, Will Fair Use Survive? paints a striking picture of an intellectual property system that is perilously out of balance."

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